deplore
v. US //dɪˈpɫɔɹ// UK //dɪplˈɔː// de·plore Archaic
From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.
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